Display device



Oct. 15, 1940. D DUNBERG 2,218,329

DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Jan. 27. 1939 INVENTOR. DAVID w. DUNBERG.

Paul ATwwoT ATTORNEY.

Patented Oct. 15, 1940 UNITED s'rarss 2 Claims.

My invention relates to a device for holding and displaying articlesetc., and particularly in the manner and means of securing the articlesto the device. Among its objects and purposes i! are:

Means for securing articles to a display device by the use of a springywire threaded through the articles and also the device.

A springy wire such as piano wire threaded through apertured bosses soarranged as to resist the removal of the springy wire.

A resilient ring of wire held from removal by its resilience.

A device having apertured bosses arranged annularly to receive a springywire which being threaded through the bosses resists being removedtherefrom.

I accomplish these and other objects by the construction hereindescribed and shown in the accompanying drawing forming a part hereof inwhich:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the application of my device.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation of a modification.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary plan view.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional detail through one of the bosses.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout severalviews of the drawing and in the following specification and descriptionof my device.

Small articles, novelties, jewelry and ornaments etc., particularlythose articles which are apt to become misplaced or lost because oftheir small size are, by the use of my device detachably secured to itand even though roughly handled do not become detached.

The use of a relatively stiff yet springy wire such as piano wire whenthreaded through the article and through a plurality of apertured bosseswhen arranged and positioned properly make the attachment of thearticles an easy matter and pulling or prying the article will notdisengage the wire from its bosses or the other parts of my device.

When the wire is deformed or sprung out of shape from the true circle towhich it conforms when threaded through the bosses relatively greattension on the article in pulling it will not cause the ends of the wireto pull out of the bosses or thus release the articles secured by it.

When the strain on the article causes the wire to be bent upwardly thentoo the end jambs in 55 the aperture and the end of the wire, if thedeformation is near the end, grips the softer material of my deviceresisting the tendency to withdraw the end of the wire from the nearestboss.

The characteristic of resisting removal of the wire from the bossesthrough which it is threaded results in adapting the device for numeroususes as a means of securing articles to the device which may be modifiedin numerous ways without departing from the principles underlying myinvention.

In the drawing, I have shown a plurality of discs I of varying diametersarranged one above the other and secured to a central stem 2 which isprovided with the base 3.

The upper disc 4 is provided with three bosses 5 each having apertures 6through which is threaded a piece of piano wire I.

The three bosses are so positioned on the disc as to cause the pianowire to become a circle when it is threaded through the apertures of thebosses. The wire is of a length sufiicient to cause its ends 8 and 9 tooverlap for a substantial distance and also to extend for a substantialdistance beyond one of the bosses. 25

The apertures in the several bosses are 1 to 2 times the diameter of thewire. The aperture in the boss through which the ends of the'wireoverlap is preferably only slightly larger than twice the diameter ofthe wire.

The wire may be formed or permanently curved to the diameter of thecircle to which it conforms when in position in the several bosses- Thebosses when arranged in a relatively large circle may be increased innumber so that the distance between each boss is not great enough tocause the wire to be easily sprung or deformed by the maximum stress forwhich it is designed.

The bosses are preferably formed by cutting a portion iii of theirperiphery out of the disc of which they are an integral part and bybending the uncut portion II at 90 degrees from the flat plane l2 of thedisc as may be seen by referring to Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawing.

The discs may be flanged 13 at their periphery and the bosses may beextended downwardly as shown in Fig. 2 or upwardly as shown in the otherviews of the drawing and the articles I4 may be hung on the wire. 0

I do not wish to be limited to the details as herein disclosed which aregiven to illustrate my invention as I may wish to depart therefromwithin the scope of the appended claims which set forth my invention.

I claim:

1. In a display device, a wire of springy material formed substantiallyto a circle, a disc and a plurality of apertured bosses annularly ar- 5ranged on the upper surface of said disc having m terial formedsubstantially to a circle, a disc and a plurality of apertured bossesannularly arranged on the upper surface of said disc having theirperiphery partly cut out of said disc and the uncut portion bentperpendicularly upward from said disc to receive said wire, said wirehaving its ends free and overlapped and held in.

one of said bosses, said free ends pressing against the top surface ofsaid disc when said wire is raised upwardly between said boss andadjacent bosses.

DAVID W. DUNBERG.

